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  • It is 2007 and FTTH is Finally Here

    My commentary on the brief video posted about Verizon’s millionth FIOS customer caused a bit of a stir in the previous issue of the Viodi View. If I came across as skeptical, it may be because of the lingering wounds from the RBOCs’ false broadband starts of the early to mid-1990s. Times have changed, however,…

  • Bull and Bear Debate Part III: Enterprise Wireless LANs – Are the advantages worth the risks?

    by Alan J. Weissberger alan at viodi.com The Bull Case Cisco continues to recommend their “Unified Wireless Network” solution, which they claim “offers secure, scalable, cost-effective wireless LANs for business critical mobility.” The solution is said to enable innovative applications, streamline business operations, and improve productivity through mobility services for location, guest access, enhanced security,…

  • Myths of the Tee

    Is a Batting Tee just for kids who play Tee-Ball? Where should the Tee be positioned? What is the right height for the Tee? These questions are explored in the video, Myths of the Tee.

  • FIOS’ One-Millionth Customer – The Video

    Verizon posted a video on Revver this morning that claims to be of FIOS’ one-millionth customer. This is interesting, as today’s issue of The Morning Bridge reports that Verizon only has 348,000 video subscribers. The difference between these two numbers is probably that Verizon is counting all FIOS subscribers (e.g. even those who are subscribing…

  • Oh, Oh, Listen to the Web Site

    The best thing that has come out of the current Web 2.0 hype is the way people now use the term “beta” to describe anything that is generally available, but has flaws and will never be finished. If I only would have known that back in my school days, my grades might have been much…

  • Triangulation or Should It Be Polygonulation?

    [hidepost]Adam Armbruster uses the word, “Triangulation”, in his June 4, 2007 TV Week article Internet Contributes to TV Use, to describe how Internet and Television can reinforce each other and create something greater than their sum. As evidence, he points out that a recent Nielsen Media Research report suggests that viewer ad recall is 50%…